By 2027, weak demand and rising costs will shrink earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) margins by more than 30% relative to 2022, according to Gartner. Most corporations will find it tougher to attain growth through 2026 as elevated...

The global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce market size is projected to reach $57,57-trillion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 18,2% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Businesses are advocating for more efficient purchase processes...

A significant 72% of data and analytics (D&A) leaders with digital initiatives are either leading or heavily involved in their organisation's digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner's sixth annual Chief Data Officer (CDO) survey. "The results...

A young scientist who developed a way to test blood glucose levels without using the traditional way of pricking the finger, will compete against more than a thousand scientists in the world's largest science fair, the 2021 Virtual Regeneron International Science and...

Rapid advances in offshore wind technology, making turbines bigger and more powerful, are currently outpacing the infrastructure capacity needed to install them. This is one of the findings in a new report from the Clean Energy Technology service at IHS Markit....

Scammers are constantly searching for new ways to steal users' data. Last year, a completely new category of opportunity became one of the most profitable scams for fraudsters - they extensively used Covid-19 related spam letters and phishing pages to benefit from the...

Gartner has identified four transformation initiatives chief financial officers (CFOs) should implement or risk failing to meet their objectives. These plans will fail if CFOs do not fully account for the comparative advantages of their function. "Many business...

An analysis of global electricity reveals that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a record fall in global coal power. The Global Electricity Review, published by energy think-tank Ember, analysed electricity data from every...

Current virtualised work design models are damaging employees' well-being and productivity, according to Gartner. To succeed in a hybrid future, organisations must stop duplicating office-centric practices and shift to a human-centric model. Organisations largely...

MTN Group has reported that group service revenue has increased 17,8% in the quarter ended 31 March 2021. Group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) is up by 21,3%, with EBITDA margin improving to 44,2% (from 42,7%) MTN South Africa's...